Chapter 483 Ant Cave (4)


    The leader of the subjugation party was Park Ki-tae.


    It was a road he had already passed through, so he opened the road without hesitation.


    “This is the entrance to the ant den. From now on, the space is limited, so it would be better to organize a separate force to take the lead.”


    “You have to do it directly. You take the lead.”


    “All right.”


    It was a random movement.


    Park Ki-tae and other directly controlled units entered the anthill first, and Kim Jun-hyeok joined their ranks despite being an ordinary person.


    It was a familiar sight to the people of Incheon.


    Usually, ordinarymanders only give orders from afar, but the mayor of Incheon was within sight no matter how intense the battlefield.


    It moved quickly.


    A situation where one minute and one second ispeting.


    People were sure of the deaths of Roman Dmitri and Kang Min-ho, but Kim Jun-hyeok did not rule out the possibility.


    ‘If you’re still alive. The time spent here is directly rted to their lives.’


    how far did you move


    Movement was suddenly detected from the front.


    “Prepare for battle!”


    “Everyone raise your arms!”


    Lee Tae-seong shouted.


    Park Ki-tae stepped back, and soon the ants appeared through the darkness.


    kyaaak!


    Kyaaaaagh!


    People’s faces were stained with bewilderment.


    Even at first nce, the number of ants easily exceeded hundreds, and ants were constantly pouring in from the darkness where visibility was not yet secured.


    It was a situation I was worried about.


    Since it is a small space, the firepower cannot be perfectly disyed, and the endless attack of the ants made people nervous.


    That moment.


    Kim Joon-hyeok calmly captured people’s hearts.


    “A small space is advantageous for the few to deal with the many. Once the attacking ants are met, those who are weak or injured are reced with rear personnel. keep in mind It’s a situation where you’re fighting for time, but there’s no need to rush. It cleans up all the ants calmly and reliably.”


    “All right.”


    It was an appropriatemand.


    At themand of Kim Jun-hyeok, the leading troops took their positions and immediately swung their weapons at the ants.


    Kwadeuk.


    kyaaak!


    Krrrr.


    The battle has begun.


    Humans and ants intertwined with each other and blood sttered, and in the first battle, the humans overwhelmingly ughtered the ants.


    All of the direct control units are made up of special hunters or higher.


    Each of them possessed enough fighting ability to handle a group of soldier ants, so they did not appear to be shaken even when hundreds of ants rushed at them.


    especially.


    Lee Tae-seong was outstanding.


    Lee Tae-seong, who uses twin swords, broke away from the ranks and unterally ughtered in an ant-infested space.


    ‘Rampant dance.’


    Papa papa pat.


    It was an appalling sight.


    People who did not know Lee Tae-seong’s existence couldn’t help but admire the skill of the master master possessed by the Incheon government.


    However, despite the propaganda of the direct control group, the ants did not back down.


    Rather than glistening with murderous intent to kill them, as if they were being chased by something, they rushed forward, even trampling on the ants in front.


    It was strange.


    The first person to discover the singrity was Kim Jun-hyeok.


    ‘The reaction of the ants is strange. If you intend to deal with the intruder, you have to attack in turn, but the ants are rushing in to the extent that they interfere with the attack of the preceding ants. Could it be that there is something behind it?’


    Moment.


    One possibility came to mind.


    It was impossible.


    Although the possibility of realization is very low, Kim Jun-hyeok decided that a response appropriate to the situation was necessary.


    “Do not advance recklessly, hold your ground. The reason is unknown, but the ants seem to be running impatiently. If you stand still and react calmly, you can minimize the damage.”


    The existence of Kim Jun-hyeok.


    It was the reason he joined the battlefield.


    Although he was just an ordinary man, he was gifted with the ability to read battles, and people blindly followed his orders.


    battle was repeated.


    It is impossible to count how many ants he had to deal with, and at some point, the narrow aisle was filled with dead bodies of ants.


    The faces of Lee Tae-seong and other members of his direct control were stained with blood.


    I managed my stamina appropriately by recing with rear personnel in the middle, and with the help of hunters like Cheongsan, the damage was not great.


    A storm passed by.


    There were no more ants to be seen.


    It was then.


    Park Ki-tae shouted.


    “Something ising again!”


    chuck.


    straight up.


    people with arms.


    Looking nervous, they couldn’t help but be astonished when they confirmed something that appeared through the darkness.


    “… no way.”


    Park Ki-tae widens his eyes.


    sure


    The identity of something was Roman Dmitri, whom he thought was dead.


    * * *


    It was a shocking sight.


    Even Kim Jun-hyeok, who remained calm throughout the battle, was speechless at Roman Dmitri’s survival.


    ‘I couldn’t believe it.’


    possibility of an emergency.


    It was the presence of Roman Dmitry.


    If he didn’t die and was ughtering the ants unterally, he thought that the ants who escaped from him might run away from the inside.


    It was a very absurd hypothesis.


    So I quickly erased it from my head, but Roman Dmitri, as ifughing at himself, appeared in a very good shape.


    I got goosebumps.


    current situation.


    It meant a fact.


    ‘Roman Dmitri is at least an A-ss hunter. No, maybe even such an expectation is just amon sense standard.’


    Come to think of it.


    Roman Dmitry has never revealed his skills.


    At first, it was judged that it was grade B for the performance of handling the army of soldier ants, andter it was confirmed that it was grade A for the unconventional move of ughtering Red Moon.


    But now I wasn’t even sure if it was grade A.


    It was proven that it was at least grade A, but there was a possibility that it was more than enough to solve the precursor phenomenon alone.


    S grade.


    I was thirsty.


    If you were an S-ss yer, you could understand Roman Dmitri’s aspirations to devour Incheon.


    ‘A scale for judging a country’s national power for those with S rank. The Republic of Korea is a country where the central government exerts great power, but even they could notpletely control the white-d wizard and barely formed a cooperative rtionship. The white-d wizard has the power to escape the central government’s control. If Roman Dmitri is the same level of skill as the white-d wizard, Incheon can rise to apletely different position because of that one person’s existence.’


    fleeting time.


    A lot of thoughts tangled in my head.


    People fell into silence.


    While everyone was staring at Roman Dmitry with shocked faces, he stepped towards Kim Jun-hyeok.


    The road is open.


    Lee Tae-seong and other subordinates stood by Kim Jun-hyeok, but Roman Dmitri looked at Kim Jun-hyeok as if he didn’t care.


    “As promised, we subdued the ant nest.”


    drip drip


    Blood dripped from the sword.


    What people spected about was true, Roman Dmitry himself said.


    The shaking eyes of Kim Jun-hyeok.


    told him the truth.


    “So from now on it’s your turn to make the decision.”


    * * *


    The subjugation team returned to Incheon.


    It achieved tremendous results without major damage, but people knew that it was not their fault.


    Roman Dmitry.


    It was everyone’s concern.


    Returning to his office, Kim Jun-hyeok also reflected on Roman Dmitri’s words.


    “… Would it be right to hand over Incheon to him?”


    There were no questions about his ability.


    but.


    Intentions were questionable.


    If you are an S-ss yer, you will be treated tremendously even in a powerful country, butmon sense could not ept the appearance of asking for Incheon.


    At first, I thought it was okay as long as I had skills.


    However, when I showed my skills beyondmon sense, I felt like all the things I had thought of so far copsed.


    I looked out the window.


    Seeing the peaceful city, Kim Jun-hyeok recalled the moment six years ago when the fifth catastrophe struck.


    ‘Incheon couldn’t handle the attacks of the monsters. Some of the monsters that are rated A-rank more than the numerous monsters that fill the field of vision have turned Incheon into a mess. It’s not an S-ss catastrophe, it’s just an A-ss. Incheon couldn’t handle that and lost many people.’


    that day.


    Joon-Hyeok Kim contacted the central government because his throat was exploding.


    Please, I asked them to send someone capable of dealing with the A-rank monsters, but they said that the safety of Seoul was their top priority, and they sent reinforcements ten dayster.


    Of course, Incheon has be a ssugdaebat.


    In a situation where all the people who worked hard together in Incheon had died, Kim Jun-hyeok shed tears of blood and pledged to make Incheon stronger than it is now.


    And now.


    Not much has changed.


    Even though they had talented yers like Lee Tae-seong, it was impossible to prevent the same situation as then.


    ‘That’s Incheon’s limit.’


    korea.


    It is a weak country.


    Competent yers do not want to belong to the Republic of Korea, but among them, there was nopetent person who wanted to remain in Incheon, which is only one city.


    Lee Tae-seong is just a special case.


    Kim Joon-hyeok couldn’t sleep at night and struggled hard, but the limit of the background of Incheon prevented him from moving forward.


    Roman Dmitry.


    he is different


    If it is really an S-ss hunter, Incheon can face apletely different future due to the existence of that one person.


    It was then.


    smart.


    “May Ie in?”


    Lee Tae-seong found Kim Jun-hyeok.


    * * *


    Lee Tae-seong did not sit down.


    Seeing Kim Jun-hyeok looking out the window with aplicated expression, he talked about finding him.


    “Do you remember that day six years ago? that day. Having lost my one and only brother, I thought about dying. I didn’t stop fighting the monsters during the countless day and night changes, and I was dying more and more. I saw the mayor’s look in my eyes. Ordinarymanders, even hunter-bornmanders, abandon their cities when a cataclysm strikes. However, seeing the mayor screaming and remaining on the front lines, I cursed the heavens why someone like him was not allowed power.”


    I swallowed the boiling emotions.


    Lee Tae-sung, who could not die that day, epted a person named Kim Jun-hyeok in his heart.


    “Incheon survived that hellish moment. The mayor instilled hope in the hearts of Incheon citizens by dering reconstruction without leaving Incheon. Mayor. The reason I rejected the central government’s offer to recruit me that day was because I trusted the mayor’s will. I believed that the mayor would create a strong Incheon that would not repeat the same disaster. So whatever choice you make in the future, I will abide by it. I, Lee Tae-seong, live for the mayor, or for the human Kim Jun-hyeok.”


    It was a desperate voice.


    Taeseong Lee.


    He was a poor child.


    Lee Tae-sung, who was a C-ss hunter at the time, pledged allegiance to Kim Jun-hyeok, and after a lot of hard work, secured the B-ss qualification.


    Even at the time of promotion, there was a lot of talk.


    The central government once again made a huge proposal, but Lee Tae-seong rejected their proposal with a single knife, hiding the reason that he followed Kim Jun-hyeok.


    I couldn’t answer for a while.


    Kim Jun-hyeok, who had been staring tirelessly out the window, looked at Lee Tae-seong with eyes that had made a decision.


    “okay. As you said. I will definitely create a strong Incheon that will not be shaken by any threats, and it doesn’t matter whether Roman Dmitry is a bad person or a good person. He has a lot of power and the fact that he wants Incheon is all that matters.”


    made a decision


    I thought about it for a long time, but there was no hesitation from the moment I made up my mind.


    “From now on, I will step down as Mayor of Incheon and devote everything to ensuring that Roman Dmitri does not leave Incheon.”


    * * *


    The next day.


    Kim Jun-hyeok visited Roman Dmitri.


    “I will ept your offer. If you guarantee the safety of Incheon, I will dly give up the position of Mayor of Incheon.”


    He bowed his head.


    He showed an example and epted the fact that he had be a subordinate.


    ‘Kim Jun-hyeok.’


    Roman Dmitry liked him.


    Kim Jun-hyeok is a man with clear aspirations, and above all, I saw his strong side in the process of subjugating the ant nest. It is not easy to exist on the battlefield without any power.


    If he had been allowed even a little bit of power, even a little bit of power, the situation in Korea would not have been the same as it is now.


    said Roman Dmitry.


    “From now on, Incheon is mine. However, the seat of Incheon mayor is not required. For the people living in this city, the existence of ‘Mayor Kim Joon-hyeok’ has a symbolic meaning. You will continue to serve as mayor of Incheon, but you will have to follow my orders.”


    “All right.”


    “And how did you handle thest Red Moon incident?”


    It was a natural bottom line.


    Seeing him ept the situation right away, Kim Jun-hyeok thought that Roman Dmitri might have a special past.


    Joonhyuk Kim said.


    “If the central government knew the truth, the situation could beplicated, so we said it was the Incheon government. The problem is the subjugation of this ant nest. In thest Red Moon incident, we were able to hide the truth because only the direct jurisdiction was apanied, but the subjugation of the ant nest is impossible because the hunter guilds are involved.”


    I wanted to hide the truth as much as possible.


    I don’t know if Incheon takes its ce, led by Roman Dmitry, but I don’t know what will happen if the central government already reveals its existence.


    Skill enough to wipe out the harbinger phenomenon alone. Since the central government will try to recruit them out of curiosity, it needed a special measure to bury the truth.


    however.


    “Why did you hide the truth?”


    “… The central government is the driving force in Korea. I thought I would get into trouble with their attention.”


    yet.


    Kim Jun-hyeok did not know Roman Dmitri.


    Working with Moon Tae-joon was solely his judgment, and Roman Dmitri did not want such a picture.


    said Roman Dmitry.


    “Red Moon incident subjugation of ant nests. Reveal all the truth to people. The revtion of my existence will be the starting point for Incheon to face change.”


    Nangjungjichu (囊中之錐).


    Roman Dmitry did not hide in the first ce.


    He was ustomed to revealing, and by revealing, he shook the game.


    that’s the.


    Such was the essence of Roman Dmitry.